Looking for a job? Microsoft is the toughest interview in town

Going in for an interview can be nerve-racking in itself. But according to job seekers, one local company’s interview style rattles their candidates more than the rest.

Microsoft is one of the hardest 25 companies in the country to interview for, according to Glassdoor.com. It was ranked the 16th toughest company to interview at in the U.S. – and typically, you have to wait 29 days before you find out if you get a job offer.

It’s not the typical interview questions about your resume, Glassdoor’s Scott Dubraski tells the Morning News on KIRO Radio. Often, recruiters are testing the candidate before they even walk in the door.

“It’s really a fast way to determine the good talent from the bad talent, from the mediocre talent.”

Candidates are now often talking to five people when they interview for a position. But what do five different people have to ask one person?

“They’re not necessarily asking all of these people about their resume, or ‘what would you do if,'” says Dubraski. Instead, he says companies are looking for someone who fits in their culture.

“The value of a cultural fit is identifying the best talent that will come in house and will work with a team and also contribute to that team.”

According to Dubraski, if a company can succeed in finding that ideal candidate that fits the culture, it will lower the attrition costs and hopefully keep the employee around longer, reducing turnover costs.

While the results of Glassdoor’s data shows that Microsoft is the toughest interview in town, the others aren’t necessarily easy either. Ranked most to least difficult: Amazon, REI, Nordstrom and Starbucks.